Word: gorski
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...focus of both Wyatt's pride and Letteri's ire is the internal reorganization of the Harvard force begun in 1975 by David L. Gorski, former chief of University police. Gorski, a "scientific cop" with a tough-guy image, came to Harvard in late 1974 intending to remake the University force in his own image. Drawing on his municipal experience, Gorski instituted a computer system to analyze crime statistics, a specialized crime-prevention unit, and a special task force assigned to high-crime areas. The new system, however, disrupted the traditional union method of assigning shifts according to seniority, rather...
...chief's job became vacant April 1 when David L. Gorski, the former chief, resigned after a series of confrontations with the Harvard Police Association...
...union protested Gorski's attempts to reorganize the force, which it alleged had lowered morale in the department. It refused to bargain for its new contract...
...union maintained that Gorski's organizational innovations, which included the introduction of a new computer assignment system and the creation of a special anti-crime task force, were disrupting the union and lowering morale on the force...
...Gorski unexpectedly resigned last March, and Wyatt named William A. Lee, a labor-relations expert, as acting chief. Despite Lee's efforts, however, the two sides have been unable to come to terms...